Quality of life comparison
If you lived in India instead of Costa Rica, you would:
Health
be 84.8% less likely to be obese
In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In India, that number is 3.9% of people as of 2016.
live 12.4 years less
In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In India, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
make 69.0% less money
Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $19,700 as of 2020, while in India, the GDP per capita is $6,100 as of 2020.
pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate
Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In India, the top tax rate is 35.5% as of 2016.
Life
have 17.8% more children
In Costa Rica, there are approximately 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In India, there are 16.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 5.4 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Costa Rica, approximately 27.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In India, 145.0 women do as of 2017.
be 24.0% less likely to be literate
In Costa Rica, the literacy rate is 97.9% as of 2018. In India, it is 74.4% as of 2018.
be 3.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In India, on the other hand, 30.3 children do as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 46.9% less likely to have internet access
In Costa Rica, approximately 81.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In India, about 43.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 47.8% less on education
Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. India spends 3.5% of total GDP on education as of 2016.
spend 58.9% less on healthcare
Costa Rica spends 7.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In India, that number is 3.0% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 5.4 times more coastline
Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.
India: At a glance
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